National Legislative Assembly (South Sudan)

Reconstituted Transitional National Legislative Assembly
Type
Type	Lower house of the National Legislature (South Sudan)
History
Founded	2011
Leadership
Speaker	Jemma Nunu Kumba, SPLM since 2 August 2021
First Deputy Speaker	Nathaniel Oyet, SPLM-IO since 2 August 2021
Clerk	Makuc Makuc Ngong, SPLM
Structure
Seats	550
Political groups	SPLM (332)   SPLM-IO (128)   SSOA (50)   Independents (30)   Former detainees (10)
Elections
Last election	Sudanese general election, 2010 (elections to predecessor body)
Meeting place
Ministries Complex Juba South Sudan

The Reconstituted Transitional National Legislative Assembly is the lower house of the Transitional National Legislature of South Sudan.

Composition

2011–2016

Following independence in 2011, the National Legislative Assembly comprises:

• all persons who were members of the Southern Sudan Legislative Assembly; and
• all South Sudanese who were members of the National Assembly of Sudan, by virtue of their membership in that Assembly.

Members of the Council of Ministers who are not members of the National Legislative Assembly must participate in its deliberations but do not have the right to vote. Persons who wish to become members of the National Legislative Assembly must fulfill the eligibility requirements set down by the Constitution for membership of the National Legislature.

2016–2021

As a result of a peace agreement that came into effect in 2015, the National Legislative Assembly was reconstituted as the Transitional National Legislative Assembly with 400 members.^[1] The membership is as follows:

• 332 members of the former National Legislative Assembly
• 50 members representing the armed opposition
• 17 members representing other parties and groups
• 1 member representing former detainees

2021–present

As a result of a peace agreement that came into effect in February 2020, a new Transitional National Legislative Assembly with 550 members was nominated in May 2021.^[1] The membership is as follows:^[2]

• 332 members of the former National Legislative Assembly (mainly from Sudan People's Liberation Movement)
• 128 members representing the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-in-Opposition
• 50 members representing South Sudan Opposition Alliance
• 30 members representing other opposition groups
• 10 members representing former detainees

Speakers of the National Assembly

Name	Took office	Left office	Notes
James Wani Igga	2011	August 2013	[3][4]
Manasseh Magok Rundial	August 2013	4 August 2016	[5][6]
Anthony Lino Makana	4 August 2016	8 December 2019	[7][6]
Obuch Ojok	16 December 2019	May 2021	[8]
Jemma Nunu Kumba	2 August 2021	Incumbent	[9]

Role

The Transitional National Legislative Assembly exercises the following functions:^[10]

• overseeing the performance of the National Government institutions;
• approving plans, programmes and policies of the National Government;
• approving budgets;
• ratifying international treaties, conventions and agreements;
• adopting resolutions on matters of public concern;
• summoning Ministers to answer questions of members of the Assembly on matters related to their ministries;
• interrogating Ministers about their performance or the performance of their ministries;
• approving appointments as required by the Transitional Constitution or the law;
• casting a vote of no confidence against the Vice President and any Minister;
• enacting legislation to regulate the conditions and terms of service of the Judiciary and its oversight mechanisms; and
• performing any other function as determined by the Transitional Constitution or the law.

See also

• Southern Sudan Legislative Assembly – the preceding assembly 2005–2011

References

1. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-11-27. Retrieved 2020-03-02.
2. "South Sudan's President establishes new 550-member transitional legislative national assembly".
3. Badiey, Naseem (2014). The State of Post-conflict Reconstruction: Land, Urban Development and State-building in Juba, Southern Sudan. ISBN 978-1-84701-094-0.
4. "Elections for speakership should be through secret ballot – nominee". May 25, 2016.
5. Johnson, Hilde F. (2016-06-09). South Sudan: The Untold Story from Independence to the Civil War. ISBN 978-1-78672-005-4.
6. "thenationmirror.com - thenationmirror Resources and Information". www.thenationmirror.com.
7. "IPU PARLINE database: SOUTH SUDAN (Al-Majlis Al-Tachirii), General information". archive.ipu.org.
8. "South Sudan's parliament endorses new speaker". Radio Tamazuj. Retrieved 2019-12-16.
9. "South Sudan". Parline: the IPU’s Open Data Platform. 5 July 2018.
10. Art. 57 of the Interim Constitution of the Republic of South Sudan